Toy pistol



Feb, 9, M32. s. c. MOUNTJOY ET AL L8449l73 TOY PISTOL Filed Dec. 22, 1928 Patented Feb. 9, 1932 pmi UNrrED sTATES Partimos-rice IRVINE cnn-EWELL MOUNTJOY, or ALBANY, Ann EARL WHITELEY, or BERKELEY, oALrEoaNIA v TOY PISTOL Application med December 22, 192s. serial Neeeaoze.

'U tiles of various types and forms, is yet in no way either met or anticipated by said toys because ot the tact that the projectile, which is to be employed in connection with our invention and is to be thrown or 'discharged therefrom when desired, holds within itself means whereby it is enabled to tull a twofold function, to wit, that ot operatingas the projectile that is to be discharged from the toy and that of operating as the force or power whereby it is to be so discharged, a result that is thought to be absolutely new to the art. Y i f Our invention further contemplates the provision-in connection with the projectile propelling mechanism-ot means whereby the force or power referred to in the foregoingv clause as that which is brought to bear upon the projectile tor the purpose ot dis-y charging the same,`may be increased or decreasedat the will ot' the operator of the device.

Further, our invention contemplates the provision-in connection with the projectile projecting mechanism of the device-fotmeans which operate to automatically reset the locking devices of said projecting mechanism for Athe further actuation and discharge thereof.

And finally, `our inventionconsists in the construction arrangement and combination of the several parts comprised therein for service, substantially as in hereinafter' described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein f Figure l illustrates, inside elevation, our improved toy pistol as it appears when in position to receive and hold the compound projectile and projectile propelling device comprised in our invention, in position to exert its greatest pressure or power actuating force and is about to be discharged from the toy.

Figure 2 illustrates in side elevation our invent-ion as it appears when the projectile and projectile propelling device thereotisin position to receive and to exert force upon the projectile to move the same. rlhe combined projectile and projectile propelling device is herein shown by dotted lines in position to exert its lowest pressure or power actuating torce for the discharge of the projectile and as ready to be discharged from the toy. i

Figure 8 shows, in cross section, a portion of our improved toy pistol taken on the line w', x, ot Fig. 2, and looking in the direction shown by the arrow a.. i

Figure l illustrates, in bottom the toy pistol set forth in Fig. 2.

Figure 5 shows, in side elevation, a portion of the power controlling mechanism of our invention when the Vsame is detachedrfrom the body of' the device. l

Figures 6 and 7 illustrate in side elevation and top plan view respectively, our improved toy pistol as it appears when its combined projectile and projectile propelling device is mounted thereupon and ready for discharge therefrom, and

Figures 8 and 9 illustrates respectivelywithin detached portions of the body ot our improved toy pistol-the means whereby the combined projectile and vprojectile propelling device is first held in charged position for a desired period of time and thereafter discharged therefrom.

Similar letters or numerals of reference in the several ligures of the drawings, denote similar parts.

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Heretofore in toys that have been devised for the purpose of propelling projectiles of various types to a greater or a less distance, it has been the usual custom to employ, as such projectiles, very many dilerent articles ot' which the vmajor portion consist ot shot, marbles, pebbles and others equally dangerous and whichthrown from toys by devices that are constructed 'for such purpose-not only are, as above stated, dangerousbut also after being discharged from said toys, have not been deemed worthy ot being sought for or again used by the device from which they were so thrown.

ln contra-distinction to the devices hereinbefore referred to, the invention which forms the subj ect-matter of the present application for Letters Patent, contemplates the provision of a device which-consisting of a rubber band-holds within itself, the power or property of returning with a spring, from the point to and at which it has been stretched and held from' movement, to and beyond the point at which such stretching was applied.

Further, because of the great resiliency of the rubber band noted above, it will be readily apparent that such band will itself- -when it has been released for action-operate as a projectile and be thrown to distances .that are determined by and consequent upon the pressure exerted upon said rubber band at the moment it is released for action.

We employ, in the present embodiment of our invention, a body A, comprising a grip portion a by which the toy vpistol may be grasped or held when used. Said body also has a chamber b, wherein the rubber band discharging` mechanism is partially located, and a barrel c, in which the rubber band pressure controlling rod is slidably mounted but capable .of being lixedly held. yThere is also an enlarged portion c,'designed to support and strengthen the barrel c.

We further provide that the body A, of our invention, shall consist in two parts D, and D, which-when the several parts of the actuating mechanism of the device are in position ybetween said parts D, and D',- are secured together either by rivets E, which extend lthrough the body of the device from side to side thereof, as shown in the several figures of the drawings (but more clearly so shown in the grip or'handle of Fig. 4, which see) or by the well known method of spotwelding for which portions of the device are flanged and secured together by the intense heat and pressure of the process named.

WVe provide that the bar-rel c, of our invention shall be-when the parts D, D', thereof are secured together-be cylindrical in cross section to receive a cylindrically shaped rod G, which mounted therewithin-as sho-wn in the several figures of the drawingsis adapted to be moved outwardly from its most in` ward position shown in Fig. 2, to itsmost outward position shown in Fig. l, which see.

It is to be understood that the rod G is to be moved forward or backward within the barrel c, for `the purpose of increasing, or of decreasing the resilience of the rubber band H, which-facting in the dual capacity of fulfilling the function of a projectile and of the means by which the projectile is thrown forward-to said end is placed or .hooked over the forward end of the rod G, and extends thence upon opposite sides of `the body A to and is hooked upon the upper endv m of an oscillating locking leve-r M, which fulcrum'ed at m, within the chamber 6, extends therebelow and is provided upon its lower end with a locking lip a, that im- -pi-nges upon a similar locking lip o, formed of an elastic band, a tubular cylindrical barupon the forward end of a lever O, which hinged at p, below the oscillating lever M, and within the chamber Z), is provided with a downwardly projecting trigger shaped lower end g, upon which pressure is exerted for the purpose of swinging the lever O, as shown in Fig. 9, and thereby releasing the lever M, from restraint as shown in Fig. 8, when said lever is under the forward pressure of the band as shown by the dotted lines. le pro- 'i 5 vide that the rear portion of the lever M shall be of greater thickness than the remaining part thereof, and shall project outwardly, as shown in f, Figs. 8 and 9, to a far greater i distance from the point at which said lever is fulcrumed than does the forward portion thereof so'that the upper Vportion of said lever, which the rubber band releasably engages, is capable of being thrown backward and the locking Vlip a formed on the lever $.85 moved forwardly into position to engage the llocking lip 0 of lever .0, upon a downward movement of the extension 0 of said lever O, all as shown in Fig. 8. f

lVe provide that the rod G, which is mount- D ed to move in the barrel c, of our improved toy pistol, shall exert a greater or a less tension upon the rubber band hereinbefore referred to and to such end we provide said rod with a downwardly projecting stud 737575 that is adapted to engage with any desired one of a plurality of indents s, cut in the wall of a slot t extending longitudinally of the lower surface of the barrel c, as clearly shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, 4: and 7. We furtherf-OO provide that said lower edges of the parts D, and D', of the barrel shall eachfor a portion of the length thereof-that between the letters w', m', be cut away to permit the free movement of the stud r, therebetween as isi-305 clearly set forth in Fig. 4, which see.

Having thus described the construction, arrangement and combination of the several parts comprised in our invention, we .claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In a toy pistol, a tubular cylindrical barrel, a rod slidable in said barrel, cooperating elements on said barrel and rod for ixedly retaining said rod in any one Lof a number of positions longitudinally of the V- barrel with the forward end of said rod projecting beyond the forward end of said barrel, whereby one looped end of a rubber band may beengaged by the projecting end of said rod, said ,cooperating elements beingl movable `1f20 int-o and out of engagement with one another by rotation of the rod within said barrel, and means for releasably engaging the other looped end of said band at the rear of said barrel.

2. A toy gun for projecting elastic bands comprising, a body portion, a trigger mechanism for holding and releasing the rear end rel having an axial slot therein which ter- '13G minates short of the front end of the barrel and having a plurality of spaced notches along and communicating with said slot, a cylindrical rod extensihly disposed in said barrel and having its extended end adapted to hold the front end of the elastic hand, and a pin anchored in said rod, slidable in said slot and selectively engageahle in one of said notches to hold the rod in an extended position with the elastic hand under the desired tension and for preventing dissociation of the rod from the barrel.

3. A toy gun for projecting elastic bands comprising, a body portion, a trigger mechanism for holding and releasing the rear end of an elastic hand, a tubular cylindrical barrel having an axial slot therein which terminates short of the front end ofthe barrel and having a plurality of spaced notches along and communicating With said slot, a cylindrical rod extensibly disposed in said barrel and having means on its front end for holding the front end of the elastic hand in alinement with the trigger-held rear end, and a pin anchored in said rod, slidahle in said slot, and selectively engageahle in one of said notches, said pin being so located with respect to the hand holding portions of the gun as to he normally urged into engagement with a notch -by the elasticity of the associated hand, said pin seeming to hold the rod in an extended position with the elastic hand under the desired tension and also seeming to prevent dissociation of the rod from the barrel.

In testimony whereof We hereto afix our signatures.

IRVINE CARDWELL MOUNTJOY.

EARL WHITELEY. 

